"Double the salary!" The bald principal looked at the incredibly handsome 'Chairman' in front of him as if he were a 'god'.
He bowed even lower, his hands involuntarily rubbing together: "Yes, yes, please feel free to command."
Japanese schools are divided into public and private, but in reality, there isn't much difference.
Public schools are only nominally established by the state; essentially, they are still invested in by both political and business circles. However, apart from universities and some aristocratic junior and senior high schools, they are not given much attention.
Although the school principal is nominally dispatched by the state, the investors are the ones who pay the salaries. The composition of the investors is very complex, and they invest not just in one school but in many.
Naturally, the principal listens to whoever pays his salary. Power only obeys the source of power.
"Alright, this office is temporarily mine. You can find another place to work," Xia Wei said.
"No problem, please give me twenty minutes." The principal made a call on his phone.
The physical education teacher, the head of academic affairs, and the school security staff were all called over by him. The teachers and staff, looking puzzled, moved out of the office under the principal's direction.
With a wave of Xia Wei's hand, the principal's office instantly expanded to the size of a football field, and its internal structure was re-established.
Opening the door to the 'Chairman's Office' still revealed the original size, but opening the door hidden by curtains revealed a brand new space.
In the center of the space was a golden door, surrounded by countless bookshelves filled with knowledge and explanations about magic, as well as common sense and precautions about various 'parallel worlds,' etc., several times larger than the school library.
Not only that, but large and small magic circles slowly floated in the space, full of mystery.
Anyone who saw it for the first time would be stunned, their worldview completely reshaped.
"Hmm, this is about right." Xia Wei lay lazily on the executive chair.
School activity schedules appeared in his hand.
During the first five days of school, new students would participate in 'club' activities. If they didn't join an existing club, they could form a new one as long as there were four or more members.
The school would assign each club a 'clubroom' as its activity area, and some clubs that could participate in school league activities would receive school funding to purchase club equipment.
For example, the 'Kendo Club,' 'Judo Club,' and so on.
Time passed bit by bit, and the afternoon classes ended.
School ended at four o'clock, and students left one after another.
The female students in Class 1-4 were still discussing the handsome 'senior' who had flashed by earlier.
"Nibutani, do you know which grade that senior is in? Should we secretly ask the older female students?" "No way! If we ask about older male students, it'll be misunderstood!" Nibutani Shinka said, though in truth, she really wanted to ask. That senior who had flashed by was even more handsome than the most popular celebrities.
"That's true, we might be misunderstood as pursuing him," another girl said shyly.
"I wonder if that senior has a girlfriend or anything."
The school doesn't oppose students dating, as long as it doesn't affect their studies. However, for students in their teenage years, emotional feelings are always innocent and shy to express.
"…" The boys, hearing the girls discuss the senior, all wanted to cry without tears. School had just begun, and they already felt like they had been collectively abandoned by the girls.
"Tomorrow, we're having club activities! Which club do you plan to join?"
"Joining a club is very important; you have to think it through carefully."
""
Tomioka Yuuta packed his bag, and while Wicked Lord Shingan was drawing something in her notebook, he quietly slipped away.
Wicked Lord Shingan lived upstairs from him. If they walked together, something bad might happen, and he could easily be mistaken for a chuunibyou too!
"I've decided! I'm going to establish a society to protect the world, the 'Far East Magic Society'!" Rikka Takanashi finished drawing in her notebook, stood up, rolled up the notebook, and pointed at her deskmate: "Dark Flame Master, you—?"
"So that's it, Dark Flame Master has already gone ahead of me to execute a secret mission. As expected of Dark Flame Master, who has successfully graduated from Lv.5 to Lv.6."
Rikka Takanashi had a look of sudden realization, then put her hands on her hips, and packed her schoolbag: "Then, as the Evil King's True Eye User, I cannot fall behind. I shall seal the evil forbidden grimoire."
She put her textbooks into her bag one by one, then took small steps and left the school.
The whispering girls looked at Rikka Takanashi leaving the classroom and spoke softly.
"Wicked Lord Shingan is really hard to understand. I don't know what's wrong with her," one girl said strangely. "Yeah, it seems she hasn't made any other friends besides Tomioka."
"No way, I don't want to be seen as a strange person by others."
"Y-you're right…"
A cold sweat trickled down Nibutani Shinka's forehead, her smile somewhat forced and tinged with relief.
A few months ago, she was much like Wicked Lord Shingan; that was a memory she absolutely refused to recall.
If she hadn't sealed her 'chuunibyou,' she definitely wouldn't have made any friends either.
If you don't make friends when school starts, it will be very difficult to make friends throughout the three years of high school.
Established friend circles absolutely do not allow sudden additions.
"Tomioka also seems to be avoiding Wicked Lord Shingan."
"I hope Wicked Lord Shingan won't have too hard a time in her three years of high school," Nibutani Shinka silently prayed.
Rikka Takanashi skipped along with small steps, occasionally jumping and then waving her hands to strike a pose, looking utterly adorable.
However, in the eyes of other students, she was a very strange person. If someone were to stick to her, they would also be considered strange, so the students tacitly had no intention of becoming friends with Rikka Takanashi.
After Rikka Takanashi walked out of the school gate, she took a deep breath, struck a pose, covering her eye with the eyepatch with one hand, and waving the other.
"Hmph hmph~ Explode! Reality! Shatter! Spirit! Vanish! This world!"
"Summon my Servant, Thor's Warhammer User! Here!"
"Ahahaha! My Master! Thor's Warhammer User has come in response to your summons!" A blonde girl, holding her ankle-length hair tied in a ponytail with both hands, swung it like a yoyo as she quickly ran over with small steps.
But she didn't notice she stepped on a small stone, lost her balance, and her cute little face plunged directly towards the ground.
"Oh no!" she cried out in fright.
However, she didn't fall to the ground; instead, her whole body floated up.
After realizing what happened, she blinked her eyes blankly, looked at the ground, and dangled her legs a couple of times.
"Wagagaga! I, Thor's Warhammer User, have successfully overcome the shackles of the earth and floated up! Successfully evolved—" She was interrupted before she could finish, and a humorous voice rang in her ear.
"You didn't overcome the shackles of the earth; you were lifted up by Big Brother."